Thread: Linker error with VC++ 6.0

Hey I'm working with VC++ 6.0 on an old project at work and if I export the makefile and do the nmake /f lib.mak I can get the code to compile and link (with the MS V6.0 cl.exe and link.exe) . If I go into studio and hit build I get a linker error with a garbage file name that I can't search.


LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "øì.obj"

Is this related to the .dsp file? Where can I hunt this thing down? How can I get a list of all the files it is trying to link?

Thanks for the help,

Dave

You may be able to find the answer quicker on CodeProject.com, and ask your question under the VC++/MFC section.

Thanks, I just posted it there too, they seem to have a pretty good VC++/MFC section.
- Dave

Does VC++ 6.0 handle High ASCII characters in filenames very well?

I don't know, but I don't have a file with that kind of a wierd name anyways. My other projects in that same workspace also have different garbage name files that they try to link to.

One thing I always try when VC++ 6.0 does something weird is delete the .ncb file and re-open & compile the project.

So i've tracked it down to by reading the .plg file it's apparently putting some garbage in the .tmp file (note right after the first [ the first thing in the temp file is garbage).

I don't suppose anyone knows where to edit the creation of these temp files?

Code:

Creating command line "cl.exe @C:\DOCUME~1\xxxx\LOCALS~1\Temp\RSP14F.tmp"
Creating temporary file "C:\DOCUME~1\xxxx\LOCALS~1\Temp\RSP150.tmp" with contents
[
ï D:\devel57\lib\libtoold.lib wsock32.lib /nologo /dll /incremental:yes /pdb:"..\..\..\..\lib/libserverbased.pdb" /debug /machine:I386 /nodefaultlib:"msvcrt" /out:"..\..\..\..\bin/libserverbased.dll" /implib:"..\..\..\..\lib/libserverbased.lib"
.\dbg\viacmffnc.obj
.\dbg\viainfofile.obj
.\dbg\viainfofolder.obj
.\dbg\viaprocess.obj
.\dbg\viaroutefnc.obj
.\dbg\viaserver.obj
.\dbg\viaserverqueue.obj
.\dbg\viaserverstop.obj
.\dbg\viashipfnc.obj
.\dbg\viaswitchpanel.obj
.\dbg\viaworkunit.obj
]
Creating command line "link.exe @C:\DOCUME~1\xxxx\LOCALS~1\Temp\RSP150.tmp"

Thank you for all the help thus far!

issue closed one of my environment variables isn't gettting inherited right with the /USEENV command. I need to fix that.